After a two month goal drought Ronaldo was back to his old tricks…scoring in the first leg of the Copa do Brasil final against Internacional.
He scored his 11th goal of the season eight minutes into the second half when he took a long pass from Elias, dribbled past Indio and shot low into the [...]
June 21, 2009
Categories: Major Headlines, Ronaldo . Tags: Brazil, Ronaldo, ROnaldo vs Internacional . Author: ishvirdi . Comments: Leave a Comment
Every time he scores, Ronaldo changes Brazil coach Dunga’s mind.
Whether Ronaldo’s comeback is successful enough yet to land him back in the national team, Dunga is keeping that to himself. “Every player who is active and dreams of playing in the national team is being observed,” Dunga said Thursday. “We have to wait until May [...]
May 8, 2009
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Corinthians drew 1-1 with Santos at the Pacaembu stadium on Sunday to become the first unbeaten Paulista State Champions in almost 40 years.
The “Timao” had won the first leg of the decider 3-1 last weekend, with two spectacular goals from Ronaldo, and only needed a point or a narrow defeat to clinch the title.
But Corinthians [...]
May 4, 2009
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The first leg of the Paulista state final against Santos saw Ronaldo net two sublime goals to see Corinthians take a massive stride towards securing a record winning title.
With Pele watching in the stands Corinthians took an early lead courtesy of defender Chicao with a brilliant free kick whispering into the top right hand corner.
Ronie [...]
April 27, 2009
Categories: Major Headlines, Ronaldo . Tags: Corinthians, Pele, Ronaldo, Santos . Author: ishvirdi . Comments: Leave a Comment
Ronaldo showed a burst of his old pace to score the second goal for Corinthians in a 2-0 win over Sao Paulo on Sunday.
The former AC Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid striker outpaced his marker over 30 metres as he chased Cristian’s through ball before clipping his shot past Sao Paulo Bosco in [...]
April 21, 2009
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Brazilian legend Ronaldo today admitted that should he not make it to the 2010 World Cup, he could hang up his boots once and for all. Having just come back from his third major knee injury, he has netted 6 goals in just 7 starts for his new club Corinthians SP.
Despite maintaining an [...]
April 5, 2009
Categories: Major Headlines, Ronaldo . Tags: 2010, Corinthians, Ronaldo, World Cup . Author: ishvirdi . Comments: Leave a Comment
Ronaldo continues to do what he does best…score! After failing to score in Corinthians last outing, Ronie scored the second in a comfortable 3-0 win for Corinthians. A quickly taken freekick allowed Ronaldo to net his 5th goal in just 6 Corinthians starts, a ratio that made him one of the greatest goal scorers the [...]
April 1, 2009
Categories: Major Headlines, Ronaldo . Tags: Corinthians, Ronaldo, Ronaldo vs Ituano . Author: ishvirdi . Comments: Leave a Comment
After failing to score in his last game, the “fenomeno” kept up his goal a game ratio by bagging a brace against Ponte Prente. Making his fifth appearance on his latest comeback from injury, he also managed to complete the full 90 minutes for the first time in a Corinthians shirt.
Ponte Preta went ahead in [...]
March 26, 2009
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Ronaldo continued to live up to expectations last night as he made his first appearance at Corinthians’ Pacaembu stadium against São Caetano.
To the delight of the 30,000 crowd, ‘O Fenômeno’ was named in the starting line up by coach Mano Menezes but things did not go to plan as midway through the first half, left [...]
March 12, 2009
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Ronaldo has opened up his account for Corinthians!! After coming on in the 2nd half of the big city derby, Ronaldo scored a last minute equaliser to level Corinthians 1-1 with arch rivals Palmeiras. The goal itself was a header at the back post from a corner, not Ronaldo’s most decorated attribute, but evidence that [...]
March 8, 2009
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